New Swarm co-owner Tapper gets sack in Cowboys’ debut

By Zach Davis, Laredo Morning Times
| on September 11, 2017

Photo: Jae C. Hong /Associated Press

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Dallas Cowboys defensive end Lenny Jones (56) celebrates a sack with teammate defensive end Charles Tapper (99) during the second half of a preseason NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Saturday,Dallas Cowboys defensive end Lenny Jones (56) celebrates a sack with teammate defensive end Charles Tapper (99) during the second half of a preseason NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles.

The Laredo Swarm’s next co-owner played in his first career NFL game on Sunday night.

Cowboys defensive end Charles Tapper finished with a sack and two tackles helping Dallas’ defense contain the Giants in a 19-3 win in the season opener.

Tapper is a second-year player out of Oklahoma. The former fourth-round selection missed all of last year with Pars Defect, a condition causing small fractures in the vertebra.

Tapper is joining the Swarm’s ownership group of Marlon Minifee and LeMoure Stephens for the 2017-18 campaign. Laredo has finished in the American Basketball Association’s national rankings in each of their only two full regular seasons ending No. 1 in 2015-16 at 18-1 and No. 22 last year at 14-6.

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